Chaires captures baseball tourney

8:34 PM,
Jun. 29, 2013

Chaires players and coaches with their District 20 championship banner.

Written by

Dustin Tackett
| Democrat correspondent

The Chaires Little League All-Stars successfully cleared a number of daunting hurdles during the District 20 tournament.

The team battled back from the losers' bracket to reach the championship round against undefeated Northwest Leon. It overcame a two-hour weather delay on Friday night to beat NW Leon and force Saturday's winner-take-all showdown.

If that wasn't enough, Chaires didn't even mind a little extra travel. ...